''Dragonfly'' is the eleventh

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by Australian singer-songwriter

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. It was released on 20 January 2017. Chambers said working with Paul Kelly on the album "was a dream", also adding: "Paul brought out a whole new side of me, but then I also got to enjoy the comforts of recording with the person who knows and has shaped my original sound better than anyone, my brother Nash, along with my live touring band who have become a huge part on my sound. This double album shows who I am as much as any piece of work I have ever done." Of the decision to record a double album, Chambers said, "I was just going to do two short sessions and then put them together for one album but both sessions ended up with more finished songs than I'd planned so I decided a double album would be the way to go."

Reception

Gareth Hopewell from ''Rolling Stone'' gave the album a positive review, writing: "A towering songbook, wordy and resigned, ''Dragonfly'' is the opus of Australia's foremost progenitor of, and innovator in, the country-roots fold. It’s the masterwork of a heart laid bare in song." Cameron Adams from the ''Herald Sun'' called the album "mature". Liz Giuffre from The Music AU said: "''Dragonfly'' heralds Kasey Chambers' new era. Written and released after some big personal changes, her already wonderfully distinctive sound has transitioned again. Single "

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" is gratifyingly dramatic, rattling with a huskiness that mixes

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and

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." Giuffre also praised "the gorgeous, tight harmonies of "Jonestown", the rumbling of "Dragonfly" and sliding melancholy of "Annabelle".

Track listing

Sing Sing sessions # "Pompeii" # "

" # "Summer Pillow" # "Golden Rails" # "Jonestown" # "Romeo & Juliet" (with

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) # "Talkin' Baby Blues" # "You Ain't Worth Suffering For" # "Behind the Eyes of Henri Young" # "Hey" (with Paul Kelly) # "This Is Gonna Be a Long Year" Foggy Mountain sessions # "Shackle & Chain" # "Dragonfly" # "If I Died" # "Satellite" (with

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) # "No Ordinary Man" (with

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) # "If We Had a Child" (with

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) # "Annabelle" # "The Devil's Wheel" (with Grizzlee Train) # "Ain't No Little Girl" (FM Lounge Version)

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References

{{Authority control 2017 albums ARIA Award-winning albums Kasey Chambers albums Warner Records albums